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Discount

n. [a deduction made in the usual cost]

deduction, discount

n. an amount or percentage deducted

rebate, discount

n. a refund of some fraction of the amount paid

discount, price reduction, deduction

n. the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

discount

v. give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"

dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore

v. bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"

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premium

n. a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc.; "they encouraged customers with a premium for loyal patronage"

benefit

n. financial assistance in time of need

bonus, incentive

n. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

dividend

n. a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus)

reward

n. payment made in return for a service rendered

shrink, reduce

v. reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

depreciate

v. lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"

depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue

v. lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"

diminish, belittle

v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"

turn down

v. take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"

cut

v. shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; "cut my hair"

ignore, disregard, snub, cut

v. refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"

question, query

v. pose a question

discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away

v. throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

disavow

v. refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

disclaim

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

disinherit, disown

v. prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

condemn

v. appropriate (property) for public use; "the county condemned the land to build a highway"

oppose, controvert, contradict

v. be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"

protest, resist, dissent

v. express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"

disobey

v. refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired"

disparage, belittle, pick at

v. express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"

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accept

v. consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

admit, acknowledge

v. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

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